JILL SOBULE’S NEW CD DISCUSSED IN NY TIMES
By Tom Teicholz at 9 February, 2009, 10:41 am
David Carr’s media column in the New York Times this morning highlight’s Jill’s new CD, and the way she went about raising the funds for the Don Was produced collection, as a new model for artists. Check it out:Â http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/business/media/09carr.html?_r=1&ref=business
Read More >>WASMOPOLITAN
By Tom Teicholz at 22 February, 2008, 11:19 am
And while we’re on the subject of Don Was, I don’t kow if you have checked out what Don is doing at MY DAMN CHANNEL, but you should — he’s doing a weekly video blog, he’s posting free music and free music videos of artists he’s produced (Rocket, Jackshit, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Maia Sharp, Wayne […]
Read More >>WAS /NOT WAS AT THE ORPHEUM
By Tom Teicholz at 20 February, 2008, 9:03 pm
This was a great show– the funk was thick and the groove was deep. Was/Not Was was in rare form — hitting on all cylinders — musically confident — ebullient even — it showed in their dance moves, in their solos, in the singing, in the songs old and new – But this was not […]
Read More >>Sia on the Third street Promenade /DON WAS at the Orpheum
By Tom Teicholz at 14 February, 2008, 7:43 pm
Sia, The Australian singer-songwriter just performed a half-hour set at the Hear Music Starbucks store on the promenade. The above is a poor Treo shot — but it is now de rigueur for people to hold up their cellphones during performances and take pics and I felt I owed my audience a little documentation. Sia […]
Read More >>GREAT VOICES FOR AN IMPORTANT CAUSE
By Tom Teicholz at 16 January, 2008, 1:05 pm
First the cause Over the weekend, entertainment attorney and media strategy consultant par excellence Ken Hertz (or my friend Kenny, as I usually call him) hosted an informational salon at his home for FAMM (Families Against Mandatory Minimums), an organization whose mission is, in their own words: “To shine a light on the human face […]
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